Chapter 3

The Fairy Man

Fairy man (Zandro) is very mischievous and capricious that even a passers-by in his area will go crazy and run for their lives. He loves to trick and make fun. His attitude can change from happy or friendly to ferocious without warning if he is somehow offended. Sometimes he transform from handsome man to ugly and horrifying creature. If he see someone who is in need he can be benevolent and helpful.

One afternoon he see a young lady (Atasha) who is singing near in his area carrying gallons, he heared her singing and was fascinated by her melodic voice. He followed the young lady in the river and even joined what she is singing. The young lady was surprised because she's the only person in the river and the voice she heard is came from a man. She's scared that even her small hair on the nape and skin hair goes up. She knew that elf, dwarfs, fay is near her. According to her grandparents stories, if someone suddenly feel goosebumps in any remote area or forest specially if you are the only one who is walking silent and a loner type of person creatures of darkness will get you.

Atasha immediately get some water and fill her gallons. When suddenly Zandro appears in front of her, it feels like a magic with rays of light in his back. This time Zandro's appearance is his original face in fairy land- human like beautiful, feminine-looking and have wings of a flying insect.

Because of shock, Atasha collapse and the next thing she new when she wake up is that Zandro carry her and bring her to fairy land. She vividly remember the huge tree they entered it looks like a wide door- a portal from other world.

Everybody in fairyland was happy to see Zandro carrying Atasha it seems that everyone is expecting them. There's a colorful entourage and band like a fiesta. Zandro said that it is their ways of welcoming new guest. They give gifts to Atasha most of it are golds and jewelries. But Atasha didn't accept any of it.

She roamed her eyes in all area that they are walking trying her way out but to no avail, this fairy land is heavily guarded. Every fairy was inviting her to fly with them others are so clingy and friendly that they want her to sleep in their houses and have some cup of coffee or tea plus lots of food are in their dinning. She sees that in just one magic of their wands they can produce foods that they want. She enjoyed everything in fairyland that she couldn't think of leaving. When midnight comes Zandro offer her black and white rice. She is confused why there are two rice. She ask the fairies, then one of them explain why they offer her two kinds of rice - that if she eat the black rice she can't go back to her home, then the white rice since it is the common rice for all humans she can still go back to her home. Everybody is forcing her to eat the black rice so she can be one of them. Atasha was undecided which one should she pick and eat. She's afraid if she eats the black rice she can't see her family anymore. While if she eats the white rice she can't see her friends in this fairyland anymore. So Zandro advised not to eat any of those rice for she still can visit the fairyland if she knocks three times in the portal which is the huge tree near in the river.

When morning comes, Atasha bid her goodbyes to her new found friends in fairyland. Everyone of them give her some valuable things that even pawnshops and antiques collector will go after her belongings. She was very happy that she found a set of new friends in just a short of time and the fact that she also roamed and visit the land of fairies is a story that will intact in her mind until she become old.

In human land...

Parents of Atasha was surprised when they saw Atasha with many gold all over her body. They ask if where did she get all those jewelries. They still can't believe what Atasha says about the fairies and the fairyland.

The next morning Atasha and her parents go to the portal and offer some goods to the fairies for the goodness that they have given to them. Then eversince that day the fairies give back some items to the humans its like barter of goods and any other things that they like to give it's their way of communicating to humans and vice versa.

Even the couples would go on the portal to ask for their needs in their wedding, they ask it 1 week before it's big events happened. Only Tuesday or Friday's is the day that they can ask favors, because it's the day that their magic would take effects. You ask for a complete set of wedding dress then ask it 2 days before the wedding.

Some will take advantage and ask too much from the faries, there is a time that one of the lady ask for golds, jewelries and expensive dress. She only say that she will borrow it and promise to bring it back in the portal after her birthday, but so sad that after her birthday she didn't bring it back to the portal. She likes the dress so much that she don't want to give it back. Fairies became furious because the lady didn't fulfill the agreement. Starting that day the Fairies would no longer give anything to humans. And this is the reason that the bad humans who cuts the big trees in the forest would get sick or worst dead the following days without any diagnostic illness from the doctors. Some healer theories concluded that they were the replacement of the trees they cut because it belongs to the fairies. In the fairyland trees are houses of fairies.